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The rubble at the comer of Walnut and North Ninth streets is
slowly but surely being transformed into a parking lot. A building
which housed the North Village Gym and several other smaller
businesses was destroyed by fire during the summer.
Ron Nowlin, above, an employee of Barnhardt Excavating Co.,
was busy Wednesday bulldozing away the remains of the? ire's af-termath.
And a book on dieting was the only hint of the building's
former occupant.
Meanwhile, the City of Columbia is still interested in leasing the
lot from its owner, the First Christian Church, in hopes of estab-lishing
a public parking lot. " We haven't made any further ar-rangements,"
Charles Hargrove, assistant to the city manager,
said Wednesday. " We're still anticipating working out a lease ar-rangement
( with the church) but there won't be any further action
until they are finished with their work on the lot."
An ICTTV
Court halts release of transcripts
By Pat Bellinghausen
Missounan staff writer
JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri Supreme Court
Wednesday ordered a St Charles County judge not to
release the transcript of a murder preliminary hear-ing
" to St. Louis newspapers The newspapers are
seeking access to the testimony and to the remainder
of the hearing, which was closed Dec 6
The stop order prevents implementation at least
temporarily of an earlier order by Boone County
Circuit Judge Frank Conley, who said the hearing
must be open to the public.
Conley was appointed as special judge to act on re-quests
filed in St Charles Circuit Court by the St.
Louis Globe- Democr- at and the St Louis Post- Dispat- ch
" The Supreme Court's order will be effective pen-ding
a decision from the high court on whether to con-sider
the defendant's request to keep closed the tran- -
scripts of his preliminary hearing and to prohibit
publication of any testimony given at the hearing
St Louis attorney Thomas Palumbo claimed a con-stitutional
right to a closed preliminary hearing for
his client, a St Charles County Jail inmate charged
with killing another inmate on Nov. 12.
Citing constitutional guarantees of a fair trial, Pal-umbo
said publication of the transcript will cause ir-reparable
damage to the rights of his client, Patrick
E Trimble, by exposing potential jurors to evidence
that might not be admissible at trial.
Meeting late Wednesday afternoon, the Supreme
Court issued a stop order to prevent the release of the
transcripts Conley Tuesday delayed release of the
transcipts until Wednesday afternoon to allow tune
for Palumbo to file his request with the Supreme
Court.
The Supreme Court's order directs St Charles
County Associate Circuit Judge William T Lohmar
Jr. to " refrain from opening the record of Patrick E
Trimble's preliminary hearing until further notice of
this court, which ma be expected prior to Jan 10
1980"
Lohmar barred reporters and some other members
of the public from the courtroom on Dec 6 Although
he heard se eral hours of testimony , the hearing was
not completed and was scheduled to resume Jan 10
Besides Trimble's request, the court also may con-sider
the St Louis Globe- Democra- t's request to open
the hearing The newspaper filed its motion soon af-ter
the heanng was closed and the Supreme Court or-dered
Lohmar to show cause by Tuesday why the
closing order should stand
Lohmar replied to the court Friday . but the Globe- Democr- at
since has filed for dismissal of the suit af-ter
Conley ruled Mondav'that the heanng should be
open to the public, including the press
The decision on whether to open the heanng now
rests with the Supreme Court
Senate OKs
Chrysler aid
WASHINGTON ( UPI) - The Senate
Wednesday night approved legislation
to keep the Chry sler Corp afloat call-ing
for a $ 1 5 billion federal loan guar-antee
and $ 525 million in wage and ben-efit
concessions by union employ ees
The action was a victory for a power-ful
coalition composed of the nation's
10th largest corporation, one of the
country's largest and most politically
potent unions and the Carter adminis-tration
Approval came after hours of back-room
negotiating among senators who
favored stronger restnctions on the aid
package, lesser restrictions or no ac-tion
at all
Sen Lowell ' Aeicker R- Co- nn a vo-cal
opponent of any aid relented from
a threatened filibuster and allowed va- no- us
amendments to proceed, even-tually
permitting the final vote
Senate Democratic Leader Robert
Byrd said the House- Sena- te confer-ence,
required to iron out details lead-ing
to final congressional approval
would be completed by tonight
Byrd said Treasury Secretary G
William Miller has promised to help
Chrvsler set mtenm financing it savs
is necessary to keep it alive until the
long term financing is available next
spring
The Senate defeated an amendment
that would have allowed the company
an advance loan guarantee of $ 500 mil-lion
Despite strong support for Chrysler
aid in both houses, final action was
touch- and- g- o because of the difficultv
in agreeing on how much the United
Auto Workers union would hav e to giv e
up And philosophical opponents held
the threat of a fill buster over the heads
of senators anxious to make long- hel- d
plane reservations home for the holi-days
The Senate lnitiallv approved, 54-- 43
a $ 400 million union sacrifice the
same figure the House approved Tues-day
night But backers of a higher fig-ure
won reconsideration by threaten-ing
a filibuster
Negotiations moved backstage,
where the UAW agreed to the $ 52a mil-lion
compromise figure, and the Senate
then nailed it down on a 69- 2- 8 vote
One significant amendment ap-proved
50- 4- 5 w ouid dilute current stock
by requiring the companv to issue new
equity to be sold by an independent
board of trust when market conditions
warrant
In addition to agreement by the con-ferees,
Byrd said the necessary appro- pnatio- ns
measures, to fund adminis-tering
the loan guarantees, could be
passed by today
A House appropriations subcommit-tee
on V ednesday approved a measure
allowing the government to proceed
with the $ 1 5 billion in loan guarantees
and to prov ide $ 1 518 million in fiscal
1980 for government expenses to ad-minister
the program
The full House Appropriations Com-mittee
will take up the resolution to-day
A Senate appropnations subcom-mittee
will meet today to act on
funding for the Chry sler aid package
Under terms of the Senate compro-mise,
the union would giv e up $ 525 mil-lion
including the $ 203 million al-ready
y lelded in its recent contract
Relatives might
visit hostages
From our wire ser ices
The 50 Amencan hostages mav yet
spend Chnstmas with their families
in the occupied U S Embassv in Teh-ran
the Iranian government said
Wednesdav
Intenor Minister Hashemi Rafsanja- n- i
said the government would welcome
visits to the hostages by relatives at
Chnstmas but the final word lay with
their captors
A militant spokesman, who earlier
said none of the captives would be
freed before the holidays, said no de-cision
has been taken on that yet So
far we have agreed to allow them
cards and gifts "
Chnstmas cards addressed to the
hostages poured into Tehran bv the
thousands and the downtown post of-fice
said it was overwhelmed by the
deluge
Meanwhile, the State Department,
saying Amenca will not submit to
blackmail," Wednesday rejected
Iran's suggestion that the United
States hold heanngs on the crimes"
of the ousted shah to earn release of
the hostages
Spokesman Hodding Carter de-nounced
the proposal of Iran s acting
foreign minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
who said an official U S investigation
into the shah's activ lties might end the
cnsis
Said Carter. For there to be condi-tions
which have to be met for the re-lease
of the hostages amounts to the
accession to blackmail and it establish-es
a precedent which will come back to
haunt every country m the world
And in Panama City the army- backe- d
gov ernment moved to suppress
growing protests against its decision to
grant the shah exile on the Pacific re-sort
island of Contadora
Troops tear- gasse- d a school con-taining
some 1 000 students where
about 50 anti- sha- h demonstrators took
( See RIOTS, Page 14A)
Students sacrifice for sake of education
By Janet Esmon
Missourian staff writer
They work an average of 10 to 25
hours a week, for a salary at or near
minimum wage. Many live in rundown
housing Some skip meals they cannot
afford But they are not poor in the tra-ditional
sense. They are students work-ing
their way through college.
t
Some come from families with seve-ral
children in college, while others
choose to be financially independent.
Still others come from families that
simply do not have the financial re-sources
to pay the rising costs of a col-lege
education.
So these students must work, in addi-tion
to attending classes and doing
homework.
Marcelle Umlauf , 19, of 123 Redwood
Lane, is the oldest of three children.
Her parents are divorced Her father
just opened an insurance office in San
Francisco and can't afford to pay for
her education; neither can her mother
who works in Kansas City, and sup-ports
the rest of the family.
An anthropology major, Miss Um-lauf
works 25 hours a week at Nowell's
as a checker, in addition to taking 14
credit hours at the University. She
makes $ 3.45 an hour and receives a
scholarship. She says that working as
Insight
The Invisible Poor
many hours as she does sometimes
causes conflicts with studying
" I take my books with me to work
and study on my break," she says. She
often gets up early to study.
She says working can be a bore, but
" as long as I'm doing what I want to
do, it's ok."
Sometimes, however, hfe can be
rough Miss Umlauf says occasionally
she must juggle her bills to pay every-body,
but since she gets paid twice
monthly no bill is more than two weeks
late
' But it's kind of hard to do that with
roommates because you feel bad that
you can't pay when they do," she says
She shares a four- bedroo- m duplex with
three other women, and pays $ 90 a
month rent plus utilities.
When it comes to grocenes. Miss
Umlauf really saves She allots $ 5 a
week for grocery money, although she
occasionally spends more.
" I eat a lot of zucchini, fish and pota-toes,"
she says
For recreation, she enjovs going to
parties and being outdoors Right now
she says the things she wants most but
cannot afford are a stereo svstem and
books to read for her own enjoyment
Enjoyment not money is what
MissUmlauf considers important
" It's more important to be happy
and doing something you are inter-ested
in than it is to make a lot of mon-ey,"
she says Even with all the hours
she spends " working and studying, she
says, " I'm really pretty happy the way
it is"
Patnck McKinzie, 19, of 606 College
( See BUDGETS, Page 11A)
Santa's helpers busy answering letters
By Marti Hoffman
Missourian staff writer
The letter is addressed :
Santa
North Pole
HisHoasc
Inside are cuppings from catalogs that picture
toys the child wants. Most of the pictures are of
Star Wars toys and BB guns.
This was one of about 150 letters addressed to
the jolly old elf that have arrived at the Columbia
post office in the last two weeks. The post office
relays the letters to Paquin Tower. 1201 Paquin
St, where 10 senior citizens help Santa answer his
mail.
One of Santa's helpers, Edna Whaley, says her
favorite letters were three from a little girl who
" in each letter . . asked for gifts for her mother
or father or brother and sister rather than for her-self."
Another helper, Anna Cho, smiled a wide smile
when she described her favorite letter. In it, she
said, " this little boy asked Santa, ' Why do you
smoke that pipe7 It's not good for you.' "
The most unusual letter so far was one filled
with graham crackers for Santa.
Cookie Hagan, the Paquin Tower recreation su-pervisor,
says they expect to get at least 200 let-ters
this year. This is the second year they have
answered the letters at the request of the post of-fice,
she said.
" We answer most of them. Unfortunately,
many don't have return addresses," she said
Parents who help their children wnte the let-ters
are requested to enclose a descnption of
some personal characteristics of their child. For
example, color of their eyes, what grade they're
in or the name of a pet. This allows letter an-swerers
to personalize the responses
Although the children who wnte to Santa Claus
are generally 3 to 9 years old, Ms. Hagan said
they received one letter from a 25- year-- old college
student
Mrs. Whaley says that it's not an easy job to an
swer many of the letters. ' It's important to evade
making promises," she says. " It's best not to say
anything about what they ask for. "
Answering letters for Santa is only one of the
projects that Paquin Tower residents are engaged
in during the Christmas season. They have had a
" Santa Hotline," which received more than 2,000
telephone calls, and " Santa Visitation Days" for
elementary school children.
The events are financed by Paquin Tower resi-dents
and local businesses.
Paquin Tower is the tallest building in Colum-bia
and residents there like to tell children that
it's the easiest place for Santa Claus to land his
sleigh and reindeer.
Iras Ide
Soaring gold
In European trading Wednes-day,
Gold came within a few do-llars
of the magic $ 500 an ounce,
in New York, it plummeted to
$ 472 on what one dealer called
the suspicion" OPEC will come
up with a lower- than- expect- ed
official pnce for oil with sur-charge
options See Page 9A
Gifted grant
Gifted children in Columbia
schools may get more attention
if a $ 100,000 grant proposal is ap-proved
by the state Read about
Columbia school Superintendent
Russell Thompson's goal on
Page 14A.
Mia wia & toy
9 a. m. Boone County Court
meets, County- Cit- y Building, 1
fifth floor. 8
4 p. m. Boys' swimming, Hick- -
man vs. Springfield Glendale
and Springfield Hickapoo, Hick-man
pool
7 jua. Columbia Paries and
Recreation Commission meets,
Ann Hawkins Gentry Building.
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The rubble at the comer of Walnut and North Ninth streets is
slowly but surely being transformed into a parking lot. A building
which housed the North Village Gym and several other smaller
businesses was destroyed by fire during the summer.
Ron Nowlin, above, an employee of Barnhardt Excavating Co.,
was busy Wednesday bulldozing away the remains of the? ire's af-termath.
And a book on dieting was the only hint of the building's
former occupant.
Meanwhile, the City of Columbia is still interested in leasing the
lot from its owner, the First Christian Church, in hopes of estab-lishing
a public parking lot. " We haven't made any further ar-rangements,"
Charles Hargrove, assistant to the city manager,
said Wednesday. " We're still anticipating working out a lease ar-rangement
( with the church) but there won't be any further action
until they are finished with their work on the lot."
An ICTTV
Court halts release of transcripts
By Pat Bellinghausen
Missounan staff writer
JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri Supreme Court
Wednesday ordered a St Charles County judge not to
release the transcript of a murder preliminary hear-ing
" to St. Louis newspapers The newspapers are
seeking access to the testimony and to the remainder
of the hearing, which was closed Dec 6
The stop order prevents implementation at least
temporarily of an earlier order by Boone County
Circuit Judge Frank Conley, who said the hearing
must be open to the public.
Conley was appointed as special judge to act on re-quests
filed in St Charles Circuit Court by the St.
Louis Globe- Democr- at and the St Louis Post- Dispat- ch
" The Supreme Court's order will be effective pen-ding
a decision from the high court on whether to con-sider
the defendant's request to keep closed the tran- -
scripts of his preliminary hearing and to prohibit
publication of any testimony given at the hearing
St Louis attorney Thomas Palumbo claimed a con-stitutional
right to a closed preliminary hearing for
his client, a St Charles County Jail inmate charged
with killing another inmate on Nov. 12.
Citing constitutional guarantees of a fair trial, Pal-umbo
said publication of the transcript will cause ir-reparable
damage to the rights of his client, Patrick
E Trimble, by exposing potential jurors to evidence
that might not be admissible at trial.
Meeting late Wednesday afternoon, the Supreme
Court issued a stop order to prevent the release of the
transcripts Conley Tuesday delayed release of the
transcipts until Wednesday afternoon to allow tune
for Palumbo to file his request with the Supreme
Court.
The Supreme Court's order directs St Charles
County Associate Circuit Judge William T Lohmar
Jr. to " refrain from opening the record of Patrick E
Trimble's preliminary hearing until further notice of
this court, which ma be expected prior to Jan 10
1980"
Lohmar barred reporters and some other members
of the public from the courtroom on Dec 6 Although
he heard se eral hours of testimony , the hearing was
not completed and was scheduled to resume Jan 10
Besides Trimble's request, the court also may con-sider
the St Louis Globe- Democra- t's request to open
the hearing The newspaper filed its motion soon af-ter
the heanng was closed and the Supreme Court or-dered
Lohmar to show cause by Tuesday why the
closing order should stand
Lohmar replied to the court Friday . but the Globe- Democr- at
since has filed for dismissal of the suit af-ter
Conley ruled Mondav'that the heanng should be
open to the public, including the press
The decision on whether to open the heanng now
rests with the Supreme Court
Senate OKs
Chrysler aid
WASHINGTON ( UPI) - The Senate
Wednesday night approved legislation
to keep the Chry sler Corp afloat call-ing
for a $ 1 5 billion federal loan guar-antee
and $ 525 million in wage and ben-efit
concessions by union employ ees
The action was a victory for a power-ful
coalition composed of the nation's
10th largest corporation, one of the
country's largest and most politically
potent unions and the Carter adminis-tration
Approval came after hours of back-room
negotiating among senators who
favored stronger restnctions on the aid
package, lesser restrictions or no ac-tion
at all
Sen Lowell ' Aeicker R- Co- nn a vo-cal
opponent of any aid relented from
a threatened filibuster and allowed va- no- us
amendments to proceed, even-tually
permitting the final vote
Senate Democratic Leader Robert
Byrd said the House- Sena- te confer-ence,
required to iron out details lead-ing
to final congressional approval
would be completed by tonight
Byrd said Treasury Secretary G
William Miller has promised to help
Chrvsler set mtenm financing it savs
is necessary to keep it alive until the
long term financing is available next
spring
The Senate defeated an amendment
that would have allowed the company
an advance loan guarantee of $ 500 mil-lion
Despite strong support for Chrysler
aid in both houses, final action was
touch- and- g- o because of the difficultv
in agreeing on how much the United
Auto Workers union would hav e to giv e
up And philosophical opponents held
the threat of a fill buster over the heads
of senators anxious to make long- hel- d
plane reservations home for the holi-days
The Senate lnitiallv approved, 54-- 43
a $ 400 million union sacrifice the
same figure the House approved Tues-day
night But backers of a higher fig-ure
won reconsideration by threaten-ing
a filibuster
Negotiations moved backstage,
where the UAW agreed to the $ 52a mil-lion
compromise figure, and the Senate
then nailed it down on a 69- 2- 8 vote
One significant amendment ap-proved
50- 4- 5 w ouid dilute current stock
by requiring the companv to issue new
equity to be sold by an independent
board of trust when market conditions
warrant
In addition to agreement by the con-ferees,
Byrd said the necessary appro- pnatio- ns
measures, to fund adminis-tering
the loan guarantees, could be
passed by today
A House appropriations subcommit-tee
on V ednesday approved a measure
allowing the government to proceed
with the $ 1 5 billion in loan guarantees
and to prov ide $ 1 518 million in fiscal
1980 for government expenses to ad-minister
the program
The full House Appropriations Com-mittee
will take up the resolution to-day
A Senate appropnations subcom-mittee
will meet today to act on
funding for the Chry sler aid package
Under terms of the Senate compro-mise,
the union would giv e up $ 525 mil-lion
including the $ 203 million al-ready
y lelded in its recent contract
Relatives might
visit hostages
From our wire ser ices
The 50 Amencan hostages mav yet
spend Chnstmas with their families
in the occupied U S Embassv in Teh-ran
the Iranian government said
Wednesdav
Intenor Minister Hashemi Rafsanja- n- i
said the government would welcome
visits to the hostages by relatives at
Chnstmas but the final word lay with
their captors
A militant spokesman, who earlier
said none of the captives would be
freed before the holidays, said no de-cision
has been taken on that yet So
far we have agreed to allow them
cards and gifts "
Chnstmas cards addressed to the
hostages poured into Tehran bv the
thousands and the downtown post of-fice
said it was overwhelmed by the
deluge
Meanwhile, the State Department,
saying Amenca will not submit to
blackmail," Wednesday rejected
Iran's suggestion that the United
States hold heanngs on the crimes"
of the ousted shah to earn release of
the hostages
Spokesman Hodding Carter de-nounced
the proposal of Iran s acting
foreign minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
who said an official U S investigation
into the shah's activ lties might end the
cnsis
Said Carter. For there to be condi-tions
which have to be met for the re-lease
of the hostages amounts to the
accession to blackmail and it establish-es
a precedent which will come back to
haunt every country m the world
And in Panama City the army- backe- d
gov ernment moved to suppress
growing protests against its decision to
grant the shah exile on the Pacific re-sort
island of Contadora
Troops tear- gasse- d a school con-taining
some 1 000 students where
about 50 anti- sha- h demonstrators took
( See RIOTS, Page 14A)
Students sacrifice for sake of education
By Janet Esmon
Missourian staff writer
They work an average of 10 to 25
hours a week, for a salary at or near
minimum wage. Many live in rundown
housing Some skip meals they cannot
afford But they are not poor in the tra-ditional
sense. They are students work-ing
their way through college.
t
Some come from families with seve-ral
children in college, while others
choose to be financially independent.
Still others come from families that
simply do not have the financial re-sources
to pay the rising costs of a col-lege
education.
So these students must work, in addi-tion
to attending classes and doing
homework.
Marcelle Umlauf , 19, of 123 Redwood
Lane, is the oldest of three children.
Her parents are divorced Her father
just opened an insurance office in San
Francisco and can't afford to pay for
her education; neither can her mother
who works in Kansas City, and sup-ports
the rest of the family.
An anthropology major, Miss Um-lauf
works 25 hours a week at Nowell's
as a checker, in addition to taking 14
credit hours at the University. She
makes $ 3.45 an hour and receives a
scholarship. She says that working as
Insight
The Invisible Poor
many hours as she does sometimes
causes conflicts with studying
" I take my books with me to work
and study on my break," she says. She
often gets up early to study.
She says working can be a bore, but
" as long as I'm doing what I want to
do, it's ok."
Sometimes, however, hfe can be
rough Miss Umlauf says occasionally
she must juggle her bills to pay every-body,
but since she gets paid twice
monthly no bill is more than two weeks
late
' But it's kind of hard to do that with
roommates because you feel bad that
you can't pay when they do," she says
She shares a four- bedroo- m duplex with
three other women, and pays $ 90 a
month rent plus utilities.
When it comes to grocenes. Miss
Umlauf really saves She allots $ 5 a
week for grocery money, although she
occasionally spends more.
" I eat a lot of zucchini, fish and pota-toes,"
she says
For recreation, she enjovs going to
parties and being outdoors Right now
she says the things she wants most but
cannot afford are a stereo svstem and
books to read for her own enjoyment
Enjoyment not money is what
MissUmlauf considers important
" It's more important to be happy
and doing something you are inter-ested
in than it is to make a lot of mon-ey,"
she says Even with all the hours
she spends " working and studying, she
says, " I'm really pretty happy the way
it is"
Patnck McKinzie, 19, of 606 College
( See BUDGETS, Page 11A)
Santa's helpers busy answering letters
By Marti Hoffman
Missourian staff writer
The letter is addressed :
Santa
North Pole
HisHoasc
Inside are cuppings from catalogs that picture
toys the child wants. Most of the pictures are of
Star Wars toys and BB guns.
This was one of about 150 letters addressed to
the jolly old elf that have arrived at the Columbia
post office in the last two weeks. The post office
relays the letters to Paquin Tower. 1201 Paquin
St, where 10 senior citizens help Santa answer his
mail.
One of Santa's helpers, Edna Whaley, says her
favorite letters were three from a little girl who
" in each letter . . asked for gifts for her mother
or father or brother and sister rather than for her-self."
Another helper, Anna Cho, smiled a wide smile
when she described her favorite letter. In it, she
said, " this little boy asked Santa, ' Why do you
smoke that pipe7 It's not good for you.' "
The most unusual letter so far was one filled
with graham crackers for Santa.
Cookie Hagan, the Paquin Tower recreation su-pervisor,
says they expect to get at least 200 let-ters
this year. This is the second year they have
answered the letters at the request of the post of-fice,
she said.
" We answer most of them. Unfortunately,
many don't have return addresses," she said
Parents who help their children wnte the let-ters
are requested to enclose a descnption of
some personal characteristics of their child. For
example, color of their eyes, what grade they're
in or the name of a pet. This allows letter an-swerers
to personalize the responses
Although the children who wnte to Santa Claus
are generally 3 to 9 years old, Ms. Hagan said
they received one letter from a 25- year-- old college
student
Mrs. Whaley says that it's not an easy job to an
swer many of the letters. ' It's important to evade
making promises," she says. " It's best not to say
anything about what they ask for. "
Answering letters for Santa is only one of the
projects that Paquin Tower residents are engaged
in during the Christmas season. They have had a
" Santa Hotline," which received more than 2,000
telephone calls, and " Santa Visitation Days" for
elementary school children.
The events are financed by Paquin Tower resi-dents
and local businesses.
Paquin Tower is the tallest building in Colum-bia
and residents there like to tell children that
it's the easiest place for Santa Claus to land his
sleigh and reindeer.
Iras Ide
Soaring gold
In European trading Wednes-day,
Gold came within a few do-llars
of the magic $ 500 an ounce,
in New York, it plummeted to
$ 472 on what one dealer called
the suspicion" OPEC will come
up with a lower- than- expect- ed
official pnce for oil with sur-charge
options See Page 9A
Gifted grant
Gifted children in Columbia
schools may get more attention
if a $ 100,000 grant proposal is ap-proved
by the state Read about
Columbia school Superintendent
Russell Thompson's goal on
Page 14A.
Mia wia & toy
9 a. m. Boone County Court
meets, County- Cit- y Building, 1
fifth floor. 8
4 p. m. Boys' swimming, Hick- -
man vs. Springfield Glendale
and Springfield Hickapoo, Hick-man
pool
7 jua. Columbia Paries and
Recreation Commission meets,
Ann Hawkins Gentry Building.
Movie listisgs on Page I2A